Two corrections officers injured by inmate

By AMANDA HAMMahamm@sjnewsco.comFAIRFIELD TWP. -- Two corrections officers from South Woods State Prison were transported to local trauma units Friday following an altercation with an inmate.

The names and conditions of the corrections officers were not released.

James L. Harvey

DOC Spokesman Matt Schuman said the officers were taken to South Jersey Healthcare-Regional Medical Center in Vineland and South Jersey Healthcare-Bridgeton Hospital.

They were injured while transferring inmate James L. Harvey from one part of the prison to another around 11:30 a.m., Schuman said.

Harvey had been incarcerated for aggravated assault, terroristic threats, criminal restraint, armed robbery, criminal mischief, burglary, theft by unlawful taking and possession of a weapon for unlawful purposes, among other things, according to the DOC Web site.

"During the course of the transfer he assaulted the staff that was transporting him," Schuman said. "So a code was called and they subdued him and the two officers (were sent to the hospital)."

Schuman said Harvey was being transferred to New Jersey State Prison in Trenton as a result of the altercation.